i never thought i would hear democrat willie brown say that. if i was mitt romney's people, i would grab this segment and turn it into a michelle. >> no, not really. i am being very candid. as a matter of fact, if you read my column, you would know that i said these are the things that mitt romney needs to do in order to be competitive and the debate. park air -- apparently he read it. >> apparently, the president didn't because mr. brown said he would be playing ropey dopey at the beginning and come out swing. instead, he was ropey dopey through the entire debate. >> i don't think he did that poorly, though. that is the thing. i think mitt romney did so well that it made him look a little worse. the expectations were a little bit higher. >> and looks a lot of what presidential television debates are about. it's how candidates present themselves. let's be honest. the average person listening to that debate, they didn't understand half of it. you were talking tax and medicare and the shifting of tremendous of dollars this way -- trillions of dol